"AWagnerMatinee"isashortstorywrittenbyWillaCather.Itwasfirstpublishedin1904.Thestoryfollowstheprotagonist,Clark,ashehostshisauntGeorgiana,whoisvisitingBostonaftermanyyearsoflivingonaremoteNebraskafarm.Georgianawasonceaculturedmusicteacherbutgaveupherpassionforasimplerurallife.DuringaconcertfeaturingtheworksofRichardWagner,herdeepemotionalreactiontothemusicrevealsthesacrificesshemadeandthepartsofherselfsheleftbehind.Thestoryexploresthemesofnostalgia,sacrifice,andthecontrastbetweenruralhardshipandurbanculturalrefinement.ItisconsideredoneofCather'smostpoignantworks.
